Delete your slides
I received a question via Twitter about #presentationskills and where I might focus beginning the journey of improvement. As with so many things, the more I considered the issue the…
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Design affects function
Simple design changes in the supportive media make dramatic differences to the audience’s perception of value in a presentation. The overall value of a presentation (p cubed) is the product…
Never say, “I’m sorry.”
There is no place in a presentation for apologies. There should be nothing in your preparation that would cause you to apologise and nothing in your delivery that you should…
Spare some time guv?
We look past them, we try to avoid eye contact or politely but with a degree of embarrassment refuse their request. Our reasons for doing so are multiple but the…
My boss won’t like it.
“I would love to change presentation style but my boss won’t like it,” is a familiar lament heard when considering improving presentations.This resistance may be perceived, explicit, limited or simply…
This is a presentation, not a reading.
If you are giving a presentation, do not use a script. All the excuses you may come up with are limitations to giving a great presentation. The best presentations are…
How to “do” a short teaching session
One of the challenges of any talk is the wide experience of the audience. The same is true in writing this blog. I recently was privileged to be interviewed by @ccpractitioner…
You’re in charge
When you present you are in charge so make sure the environment is how you’d like it to be. Most speakers don’t realise this and consequently presentations are not as good…
Fontography 101
People can get very excited about fonts but most people just haven’t a clue. A good font can change the look of your presentation dramatically, both for the best and…
Don’t get me wrong.
The reason that most text based presentations suck is because science. It would be wrong to assume that this means text is banned from presentations, far from it. It is…